07-09-2018, 01:01 PM
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Surferguy goes to Newfoundland
I recently completed a trip to Newfoundland.
I tried my hand at doing a little travel writing. I have six small stories to share and I will do that over the next week or so.
Entry 1
Bonavista, NFLD is a special place. A barren landscape pitted with boulders poking out of the long soft grasses perched high on the sea cliffs overlooking the cold North Atlantic. The wind sweeps across unabated, shaping and twisting the few small shrubs that have managed to take root.
Looking out to the horizon beyond a pair of icebergs lies nothing but an unforgiving body of water. The relentless drone of air by your ears whistles the whispers of the lost souls of the Grand Banks and beyond. Not quite isolation but a taste of it.
This area of Canada is built on the backs of folks unafraid of doing what it takes to provide for their families. It could not have been easy to settle these lands nor could it have been done alone.
A commonality that persists through to today.
Community.
Friendly.
The very personification of the province painted onto the picturesque streets of colorful salt box homes.
It's been a pleasure to witness a couple of days in their corner of this nation. I should spend more time exploring off the beaten path.
I'm surprised every time I do it.
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07-09-2018, 01:11 PM
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I don't see any pictures of you making out with a cod. Disappointing.
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07-09-2018, 02:57 PM
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I enjoyed absolutely everything about your trip without actually being there. Thanks for all the pics and stories .....I enjoyed it.
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07-09-2018, 02:58 PM
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Did you do any surfing?
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07-09-2018, 03:03 PM
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Did you go to Adam Pardy's house?
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07-09-2018, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by tvp2003
Did you go to Adam Pardy's house?
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Post #5, not bad.
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07-09-2018, 03:11 PM
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Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Locke
Did you do any surfing?
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I did find some yes. It was in a remote corner of the avalon Peninsula in a town called Portugal Cove South. I didn't have a wetsuit or board so sadly no waves for me.
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Last edited by surferguy; 07-09-2018 at 03:17 PM.
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07-09-2018, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by EVERLAST
I enjoyed absolutely everything about your trip without actually being there. Thanks for all the pics and stories .....I enjoyed it.
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Thanks Everlast. He is referring to these posts as some have seem them already if they follow my Instagram account.
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07-10-2018, 01:59 PM
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Entry #2
The undulating coastlines of Newfoundland provide unlimited opportunities for discovery. Every cove has its rich history tinted by the passing of time.
Today we found a small village called Trinity.
A conscious effort has been made to preserve the heritage of once was. Homage to life in a distant past, one that has witnessed the spoils of ever marching time but has come out more or less unscathed by physical modernization.
That said the village has evolved to stay alive by shifting its focus from traditional island industries to tourism. Artisans, museums and historical preservation bring you here - physically being here makes you want to stay here.
The one thing that caught my attention were the relics of the Great War of 1914-1919. Small cenotaph erected to remember those who had left everything on the battlefields of France. A once smooth marble monument now stands abrasive to the touch, pitted as if sandblasted due to a century of exposure to the salt water air.
The names were many for a village so small. It must have been devastating to these places to lose so many contributors to the local fabric. The senseless destruction of that war savaged every corner of this nation as it laid the groundwork for our modern world.
Today, here, the dandelions grow tall, reminiscent of the poppies of Flanders.
For their sacrifice I will not forget how lucky I am.
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07-10-2018, 03:38 PM
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Aw man....I want to live on Pie Corner.
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07-10-2018, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Locke
Aw man....I want to live on Pie Corner.
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Unfortunately it didn't live up to its name and was sadly disappointing.
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07-10-2018, 04:34 PM
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More of a 3.13 than a 3.14?
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07-10-2018, 04:42 PM
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Unfortunately it didn't live up to its name and was sadly disappointing.
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Pie Corner only had 1 job....
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07-10-2018, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by surferguy
Thanks Everlast. He is referring to these posts as some have seem them already if they follow my Instagram account.
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What's your IG name?
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07-10-2018, 06:08 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by shane_c
What's your IG name?
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Are you asking so you can read the stories quicker?
EDIT: you can find it in my sig below
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07-11-2018, 01:27 PM
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Entry #3
Fogo Island, the very definition of the end of the road. The last outpost of land before the rocks slip under the liquid and plunge into the abyss. There is nothing beyond this place but a myriad of icebergs carried by the Labrador current.
This area is the epitome of isolation. Homes over a century old pot mark the seaside grasping to anything they can. Some have been kept up while others teeter on the brink of ruin, forever at the mercy of a strong Nor'easter. The residents take it in stride, it's their home and we all understand that no place will ever match home.
Fogo does hold some surprises for those willing to seek its shorelines. Juxtaposition comes to mind when describing the Fogo Island Inn.
Modern minimal design perched above the natural Canadian Shield. The spruce clad monolith is an architectural wonder, the antithesis of anything I'd ever expect to stumble upon in the Canadian East.
The hotel was established as a social enterprise to give new life to the island via employment, financial means and a way to draw more people to the last signposts. The best part, it is working and that is just cool. Reinvention through innovation.
Over and above the hotel there are four unique homes spread across the island that are unlike anything I've seen. Built as artist spaces through residency. They are only accessible by foot traffic and are located in some of the most majestic settings imaginable.
Modern isolation.
It's simply raw beauty here.
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07-11-2018, 04:49 PM
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Beautiful photography.
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07-11-2018, 04:57 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Kalispell, Montana
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Stunning!
I have to go. I have been all over the US and Western Canada. I have not been to New England and the Maritimes.
Need to start planning that trip!
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07-11-2018, 05:41 PM
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The 2 places every Canadian should get to are the Maritimes and the north. It's cheaper to fly to Whitehorse than Toronto(and, like, 1 million times better).
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07-12-2018, 07:22 AM
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The 2 places every Canadian should get to are the Maritimes and the north. It's cheaper to fly to Whitehorse than Toronto(and, like, 1 million times better).
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One of my Mom's life goals was to visit every province and territory and she managed to do it. She was quite a bit older before she finished her goal. Her trips to Northern Canada were her favourite part, traveling the Dempster highway, flying on a really small plane, which terrified her, to Inuvik, etc. Newfoundland was a close second for places she loved the most.
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